#3A8FC9#3A8FC9

#3A8FC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.119 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A8FC9
RGB	rgb(58, 143, 201)
HSL	hsl(204, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 28.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, -6.48, -37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 37.90, 260.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.0557 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.119 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1059, 24.7590, 58.8609)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A8FC9 #C9743A

analogous

#3AC9BC #3A8FC9 #3A47C9

triadic

#3A8FC9 #C93A8F #8FC93A

tetradic

#3A8FC9 #BC3AC9 #C9743A #47C93A

square

#3A8FC9 #BC3AC9 #C9743A #47C93A

split-complementary

#3A8FC9 #C93A47 #C9BC3A

monochromatic

#1D4C6B #2B6E9B #3A8FC9 #6AAAD6 #9AC6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#3A8FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#3A8FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A8FC9

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A8FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A8FC9	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7490CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a8fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 143, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.119 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afd9',
    500: '#3a8fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a8fc9;
$custom-light: #81afd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a8fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.336,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62454,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A8FC9

secondary

#CFA990

accent

#8548E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A8FC9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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